Personal care compositions with cationic diesters and dihydroxypropyl quaternary ammonium salts

Abstract

A personal care composition is provided which includes a diester quat and a polyhydroxy quaternary ammonium salt. Preferably the composition is a lotion or cream which exhibits a dragginess in topical application onto the skin.

1 . A personal care composition comprising:
 (i) from about 0.05 to about 10% by weight of a diester quat of the following structure (I):   
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein R 1  and R 2  are independently selected from branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated radicals having from 13 to 23 carbon atoms; R 3  and R 4  are independently selected from an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y is independently selected from saturated or unsaturated alkylene radicals having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; and X is an organic or inorganic anion; 
         (ii) from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of a friction enhancing agent which is a salt of structure AB, 
         wherein A is a cationic charged component of the salt AB, 
         B is an anionic charged component of the salt AB, and 
         A has at least one quaternized nitrogen atom, at least two hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight no higher than about 400; and 
         (iii) from about 1% to about 98% by weight of a cosmetically acceptable carrier. 
       
     
     
         2 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the diester quat has the structure II: 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein R is a 15 carbon radical. 
       
     
     
         3 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the diester quat is a N,N-di(β-palmitoylethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium salt. 
     
     
         4 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the diester quat is present in an amount from 1 to 4% by weight of the composition. 
     
     
         5 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the X anion is selected from the group consisting of halide, nitrate, acetate, sulfate, phosphate, tosylate, methosulfate and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the X anion is chloride. 
     
     
         7 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the friction enhancing agent is a dihydroxypropyl tri(C 1 -C 3  alkyl) ammonium salt. 
     
     
         8 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the friction enhancing agent is dihydroxypropyltrimonium chloride. 
     
     
         9 . The composition according to  claim 1  wherein the friction enhancing agent is present in an amount from about 0.1 to about 8% by weight of the composition.